The change, which comes into effect from September, was announced as Apple released 100 new emoji, including a rainbow flag, female athletes, police officers and construction workers and single-parent families.

In 2014 the company joined an ultimately successful campaign to introduce more diverse emoji, eventually leading to the skin-tone choices available today. And Apple initially blocked the gun, bomb and knife from even showing up on OS X Yosemite, well after they’d appeared on the iPhone.

Apple’s decision to replace the revolver comes after Microsoft changed its toy gun to resemble a real-life pistol.